Doris Day(I)

One of America's most popular actresses in the 1950s and 1960s, Doris Day was born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Alma Sophia (Welz), a housewife, and William Joseph Kappelhoff, a music teacher and choir master. Her grandparents were all German immigrants. She had two brothers, Richard, who died before she was born and Paul, a ... See full bio »

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1949
My Dream Is Yours
(performer: "Cuttin' Capers", "Freddie, Get Ready", " (You May Not Be an Angel, but) I'll String Along With You", "Love Finds a Way", "My Dream Is Yours", "Someone Like You", "Tic, Tic, Tic", "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby", "Nagasaki", "With Plenty of Money and You")

1948
Romance on the High Seas
(performer: "Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon (and Throw 'em in the Deep Blue Sea)", "It's Magic", "It's You or No One", "I'm in Love", "She's a Latin from Manhattan" - uncredited)

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Tinseltown folklore insists she was "discovered" by director Michael Curtiz, when she sang at a Hollywood party in 1948. At the time, Curtiz was seeking a singer/actress to replace Betty Hutton, who had become pregnant and had to back out of Romance on the High Seas (1948), which Curtiz was to direct. See more
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